“Mrs.” is not an abbreviation for “missus,” as it is pronounced, but for “mistress.”
A recent study presented to the Pediatric Academic Societies shows that three-fourths of the children brought to U.S. emergency rooms for routine medical care — mostly inner-city children — showed some signs of an undiagnosed mental disorder.
According to one source, the song “Yankee Doodle Dandy” was actually written to be derogatory. Yankee meant “cheese breath,” doodle meant “stupid,” and macaroni was a pompous style of French clothing including feathers.
A loaf of bread, a tomato, and avocado is a treat for lunch in Cameroon.
Eva Braun attempted suicide twice because she felt Adolph Hitler wasn’t paying enough attention to her.
This article appears in June 28 • 2002.